A person was killed Monday night in Landover when a car crashed into into a Kentucky Fried Chicken, authorities said.

An earlier police account, reported on Crime Scene and elsewere, said the victim was a patron who was struck while standing outside the restaurant, 6701 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway. But that account was erroneous, Prince George’s Police said later Monday night.

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Investigators now believe the victim was an occupant of the BMW sedan that plowed into the restaurant at about 6:30 p.m.

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